State revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said criminal cases would be registered against the guilty officials and some could face dismissal from service Pune: State revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday said 15 revenue officials, including deputy collectors and tehsildars, were suspended for allegedly misusing Section 155 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code to carry out…
Gandhinagar: Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said Gujarat’s model for facilitating land acquisition for national highway projects has the potential to become a template for the rest of the country, as he reviewed the progress of key road infrastructure projects with the state govt.According to an official statement, Gadkari…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Election Commission (SEC) has initiated groundwork for the 2027 Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections by convening a statewide review meeting with all district collectors and district magistrates on July 21.According to an official communication issued by SEC OSD S K Dash, a video conference will be…
BLOs and other officials from the team visit citizens in Shaniwar Peth and JM Road in Pune Pune: Election authorities across the state have begun cracking down on booth-level officers (BLOs) for deliberate absenteeism, repeated non-compliance with official directions and wilful negligence during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Such dereliction of…
Hyderabad: With forecasts indicating El Niño’s influence on the present monsoon, Telangana irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday advised farmers not to depend exclusively on traditional water-intensive crops. He directed officials to promote suitable alternative crops based on expected rainfall and available irrigation resources.“Gram Sabhas, Rythu Vedikas and field-level extension programmes should be…
Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday directed district collectors to ensure identification and allocation of land for 2,200 Godabarish Mishra Model Primary Schools by March 2027, while announcing a strict monitoring mechanism involving weekly reports from districts and monthly reviews by him to fast-track the flagship education project.Chairing a high-level review meeting at Lok…
GCC officials transferred to smaller local bodies Chennai: The Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) department has promoted and posted 18 senior Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) officials as assistant commissioners in smaller urban local bodies across the state. They have been transferred as far as Nagercoil, Erode, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Salem, Tiruppur, Hosur,…
Bhubaneswar: The state govt on Monday directed all district collectors to expedite Aadhaar updation of beneficiaries receiving pension under National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), with 81,226 beneficiaries yet to be migrated to the Aadhaar-based payments system.In a letter to all collectors and district magistrates, the social security and empowerment of persons with disabilities (SSEPD) department…
Teachers’ union aims to gather written letters of support from MPs and urge them to raise the matter with the central govt Ahmedabad: The Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM) has announced an escalation of its nationwide agitation concerning teacher welfare and the mandatory Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). As part of the second phase of…
Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday directed the agriculture department to draw up a special contingency plan in view of a likely rainfall shortfall under El Niño conditions.Chairing a meeting of the state-level natural calamity committee at Lok Seva Bhavan, he stressed that all concerned departments must work in close coordination, adopting a “whole-of-govt…
